{"id":44592,"date":"2025-06-30T17:40:35","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T17:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/?p=44592"},"modified":"2025-06-30T17:40:36","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T17:40:36","slug":"aluminum-chloride-acts-as-a-strong-lewis-acid-since","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/aluminum-chloride-acts-as-a-strong-lewis-acid-since\/","title":{"rendered":"Aluminum chloride acts as a strong Lewis acid since"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Aluminum chloride acts as a strong Lewis acid since :Cl: Al Cl Cl: AICI3 is a covalent compound. AICI3 is easily hydrolyzed. AICI3 is an electron deficient compound. AlCl3 is an ionic compound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"828\" height=\"828\" src=\"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-533.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-533.png 828w, https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-533-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-533-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-533-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 828px) 100vw, 828px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">The Correct Answer and Explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The correct answer is&nbsp;<strong>AlCl3 is an electron deficient compound.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Explanation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A Lewis acid is defined as a chemical species that can accept a pair of electrons from a Lewis base (an electron pair donor). To understand why aluminum chloride (AlCl3) is a strong Lewis acid, we must examine its electronic structure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As shown in the provided Lewis structure, the central aluminum (Al) atom forms a single covalent bond with each of the three chlorine (Cl) atoms. Each covalent bond consists of two shared electrons. Therefore, the central aluminum atom has a total of 3 bonds \u00d7 2 electrons\/bond = 6 valence electrons in its outer shell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the octet rule, atoms are most stable when they have a full outer shell of eight valence electrons. Since the aluminum atom in AlCl3 only has six valence electrons, it has an incomplete octet. This makes the molecule &#8220;electron deficient.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because it is electron deficient, the aluminum atom has a vacant p-orbital and a strong tendency to accept a pair of electrons to achieve a more stable octet configuration. This ability to readily accept an electron pair is the defining characteristic of a Lewis acid. The significant electron deficiency of the aluminum atom makes AlCl3 a particularly&nbsp;<em>strong<\/em>&nbsp;Lewis acid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While it is true that AlCl3 is a covalent compound and is easily hydrolyzed, these are not the fundamental reasons for its Lewis acidity. Its covalent nature describes its bonding, and its hydrolysis is a reaction that occurs&nbsp;<em>because<\/em>&nbsp;it is a strong Lewis acid (with water acting as the Lewis base). The compound is not ionic; it features polar covalent bonds. The core reason for its acidic behavior is its electron deficient nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"852\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/learnexams-banner8-1525.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/learnexams-banner8-1525.jpeg 852w, https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/learnexams-banner8-1525-250x300.jpeg 250w, https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/learnexams-banner8-1525-768x923.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 852px) 100vw, 852px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aluminum chloride acts as a strong Lewis acid since :Cl: Al Cl Cl: AICI3 is a covalent compound. AICI3 is easily hydrolyzed. AICI3 is an electron deficient compound. AlCl3 is an ionic compound. The Correct Answer and Explanation is: The correct answer is&nbsp;AlCl3 is an electron deficient compound. Explanation A Lewis acid is defined as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quiz-questions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44592"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44592\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44599,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44592\/revisions\/44599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}